NDLI: Teaching critical thinking skills in a Hong Kong secondary school

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Teaching critical thinking skills in a Hong Kong secondary school

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Che, Fok Shui
Copyright Year	2002
Abstract	Hong Kong education has always been regarded as examination-oriented and students were taught only to memorize and not to think. This paper gives an account of a school project in teaching critical thinking in the junior classes of a secondary school. This project is a collaboration between lecturers in teacher education and teachers working in the frontline. As a first attempt, the topic “fact and opinion” was chosen. In this paper, both the teaching approach and the teaching materials used are presented. Teachers ’ feedback was obtained through informal sharing of information and student ’s evaluation were obtained through a simple student survey. Through this process, a number of problems and insights related to this issue were revealed. This experience had implications for ways in which critical thinking in a cultural context like Hong Kong where memorization of facts is the norm can be developed and promoted.
Starting Page	83
Ending Page	91
Page Count	9
File Format	PDF
ISSN	15981037
Journal	Asia Pacific Education Review
Volume Number	3
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	1876407X
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2002-01-01
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Education (general)
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Education

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